Space Weapons Concepts Before Their Time: Timeline

Does China have military aspiration on the moon? It's not likely. Science fiction (and Popular Mechanics editors from decades past) have predicted that warfare would make the jump to outer space since the Fifties. Fortunately, this isn't the case today. Here are some of the top ideas on space weapons, from past issues of Popular Mechanics.

Davy Crockett Warhead

Army Moon Base

Army Moon Base

This cutaway illustration in the November 1960 issue of Popular Mechanics depicts a U.S. Army–developed moon simulator. It would allow scientists to work in labs featuring conditions "believed to exist on the moon."